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Giorgio Ciesielski
VenerableFull write-up
Born
12 February 1929
verified
Died
9 October 1978
verified
Venerable
17 December 2013
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 17 December 2013 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2013)
Who they were
Giorgio Ciesielski was a layman and father of a family, born in Kraków, Poland, on 12 February 1929, who died in Egypt on 9 October 1978. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 17 December 2013.
The miracles
The Church has not yet approved a miracle in this cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Church recognised his heroic virtue in 2013.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2013
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Not yet in Wikidata. Name as the Vatican spells it.
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.